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China slams Japan comments on shrine visit
May 23 2005 10:55PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China criticized official Japanese comments about visits to a Tokyo war shrine, saying Tuesday they undercut efforts to repair strained relations during the first visit by a top Chinese official in over a year.
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Report: Leaders may meet, discuss N. Korea
May 23 2005 9:57PM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's president will meet with President Bush in Washington next month to discuss ways to bring North Korea back to nuclear disarmament talks, according to a media report Tuesday.
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Mongolia's new president vows cooperation
May 23 2005 2:47PM (CT)
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia (AP) - A British-educated literature scholar from Mongolia's formerly communist ruling party has been elected president, and he promised Monday to work with his bitter rivals and fight widespread poverty in this one-time Soviet satellite.
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Japanese couple lose appeal over twins
May 23 2005 1:36PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese couple has lost an appeal to have their 2-year-old twin sons _ born in the United States to an American surrogate mother _ registered in Japan as their own, the father said.
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Afghan forces arrest opium smugglers
May 23 2005 1:30PM (CT)
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan anti-drug forces arrested suspected drug traffickers and seized a huge cache of opium in a show of resolve after President Hamid Karzai came under fire for his record in fighting the world's largest narcotics industry.
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16 Chinese buildings topple in demolition
May 23 2005 1:04PM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Sixteen buildings toppled in a southern Chinese city near the Hong Kong border in what state media said was the largest urban demolition blast ever in China.
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Whistleblowers gain respect in Japan
May 23 2005 12:42PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - For much of his 30-year career, Hiroaki Kushioka's office was a closet-like room. A college graduate, he would pass the time gardening or shoveling snow. His bosses denied him promotion and repeatedly pressured him to quit.
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12 Chinese workers rescued from tunnel
May 23 2005 9:58AM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - Rescuers guided 12 weak and blindfolded workers out of a collapsed tunnel in southern China on Monday after they spent six days in darkness, surviving on oxygen and milk transported to them through a narrow ventilation pipe, state media reported.
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S. Korea urges North to respond to U.S.
May 23 2005 9:15AM (CT)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A South Korean official Monday urged North Korea to quickly respond to Washington's recent recognition of the country's sovereignty, saying it could lead to a turning point in the standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear programs.
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Hong Kong Disneyland draws fire over soup
May 23 2005 2:58AM (CT)
HONG KONG (AP) - Environmentalists urged Hong Kong Disneyland on Monday not to serve shark fin soup when the park opens in September, but Disney officials said they planned to offer the dish at special banquets in accordance with local customs.
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